Garment hanger



Feb. 7, 1961 BONALD] 2,970,725

GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 2, 1958 INVENTOR.

' 1 NT HANGER Giacomo M. Bonaldi, 3655 Noriega St, San Francisco, Qaiif.

My invention provides an improved hanger adapted for the hanging of two piece suits, slacks, straps, and the like.

This invention provides a hanger having the usual shoulder portion with rectangular recessed returns extending on opposite sides of the hanger. These rectangular recessed returns are adapted to hold the front and rear waist or belt straps of a pair of trousers or the like.

The rectangular recessed returns preclude accidental removal of the garment, preclude shifting from side to side, and eliminate any marking or undesirable creasing or mussing of the garment. The only portion of the garment in contact with the hanger are the waist straps or loops referred to, and by which the garment is suspended in a straight full-length position.

In the case of trousers and slacks, especially those of rayon, Dacron, and other synthetics on the market today, this hanger is a great help, since they slide easily off the usual hanger. Hanging the trousers by the belt tabs is faster for the operator, and the whole garment can be easily inspected without disturbing it.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved garment hanger showing the first step in applying a garment thereto for supporting the same.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my garment hanger showing the second step in applying a garment thereto for supporting the same.

Figure 3 is a front elevation view showing the garment hanger with a garment applied thereto in supporting position, and Figure 4 is a side view showing in section the hook portion of the hanger.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown at numeral 1 a conventional hook formed by bending the wire or other material into hook form and which is employed for suspending the hanger. Numeral 2 designates the portion of the hanger twisted about the lower portion of the material forming the hook member and is a conventional structure.

Numerals 3 and 4 designate a pair of shoulder supporting arms which extend outwardly and slant inwardly from the hook portion of the hanger. The supporting arms 3 and 4 each have free ends 8. The supporting arms are formed of a stretch of a relatively stiff but resilient material with the outer ends thereof ofiset as indicated at 11 for forming outer lower end portions 12. The olfset portions 11 are formed by first bending the supporting arms 3 and 4 intermediate the free ends 8 at a substantial right angle such as shown at 9 for a short distance and then again bending the material at still another right angle so as to extend the free ends 8 in a line parallel to but spaced from the supporting arms 3 and 4 as clearly shown in the drawings to form lower outer ends 12. At the lower outer ends 12, the free ends 8 of the supporting arms are reversely bent upon themselves so as to extend in a direction toward to but spaced from the first bend 9 and also in spaced relationship to the offset portions 11 so as to define a space therebetween capable of receiving a belt loop of a. pair of trousers for supporting the same by the belt loops thereby avoiding the creasing of the trousers which occurs when trousers are placed across a cross bar of a garment hanger.

In use, the belt loops on one side of a pair of trousers are first inserted in the space provided for in one of the supporting arms such as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. Following this operation the loops on the other side of the trousers are then inserted in the space formed in the other supporting arm such as shown in Figure 2. After the garment has been so placed, the loops are then disposed in their respective spaces provided for in the supporting arms and the garment is supported for transportation or storage in the manner shown in Figure 3.

Quite obviously, while the invention has been described as capable of supporting a pair of trousers by the belt loops, the hanger structure shown herein may well be adapted for supporting other garments, such as ladies slips, brassieres, or any other garment provided with suspending straps.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A garment hanger having a pair of shoulder supporting arms and a hook for the said shoulder supporting arms between the outer ends thereof for suspending the same, each of said shoulder supporting arms being formed of a stretch of relatively stiff but resilient material, each stretch between the hook and the outer ends being offset and forming an outer lower portion extending along a line spaced from but parallel to the portion of the arm adjacent the hook, each stretch then reversely extending with respect to the said outer lower portion so as to depose the free end portions of the stretch parallel to the said outer lower portions, the free ends of the stretch being adjacent to but spaced from the first bend of the oifset portions and the said free end portions extending as a continuation of the portion of the stretch adjacent the hook, the space between the free end portions and the outer lower portions adjacent thereto being of a size to receive a belt loop of a pair of trousers, and the combined width of the said free end portions and the outer lower portions being such as to permit the belt loops of a pair of trousers to slip thereover.

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